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Month: January 2021

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Campus News News

Candidate applications open for SG general election

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Trevor Martindale

Pictured Above: Applications for all positions are due Feb. 5 and the general election will be held March 8-11.  Trevor Martindale | The Crow’s Nest By Trevor Martindale Student Government

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Arts and Life Community

MFA’s ‘Color Riot’ celebrates culture and creativity

January 17, 2021January 19, 2021 Molly Ryan

Pictured Above: The Museum of Fine Art’s ‘Color Riot!’ displays over 80 striking Navajo textiles that span over a century of indigenous history. Velma Kee Craig’s “Bar/QR Code,” (above) was made

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Arts and Life Campus

Students say: This Year’s Fitness Resolutions Don’t have to Be Painful to Work

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Lily Theisen

Pictured Above: Criminology senior Nino Bartolone works as the student supervisor at the fitness center on campus. Courtesy of Nino Bartolone By Lily Theisen Three USF St. Petersburg students want

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Campus News News

Paul Sanberg steps down as senior vice president of USF Research and Innovation

January 13, 2021January 15, 2021 Aya Diab

Courtesy of Aimee Blodgett | USF  Pictured Above: Sanberg is the second member of the USF administration to step down from their position this week. By Aya Diab After leading

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Campus News News

Trustees approve $36.7 million budget cuts

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Nancy McCann

Pictured Above: Here’s how the USF administration summarizes the budget cuts for 2021-2022. Source: Slide presented to trustees on Jan. 8 Courtesy of USF By Nancy McCann The plan to

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Tadlock to step down at year’s end

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Nancy McCann

Pictured Above: The regional chancellor will become a professor in the College of Education in the summer or fall of 2022. Martha Rhine | The Crow’s Nest By Nancy McCann

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‘Vision and strategic direction’: Regional Vice Chancellor of Student Success takes on new responsibilities

January 10, 2021January 11, 2021 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Patricia Helton was described by Regional Chancellor Martin Tadlock as “an outstanding leader and educator.” Courtesy of USF St. Petersburg Patricia Helton, USF St. Petersburg’s regional vice chancellor

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Feature Spotlight

Student Spotlight: A six month excursion awaits

January 10, 2021January 11, 2021 Edyn Gottlieb

Pictured Above: While Miguel Santiago feels physically prepared for his trip, he knows he’s in for a challenge. Courtesy of Miguel Santiago After four years as an Air Force firefighter,

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St. Petersburg campus now hiring regional vice chancellor

January 10, 2021January 11, 2021 Annalise Anderson

Pictured Above: The university listed the public job opening for Regional Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs last month, though the position has remained vacant for more than three years. Courtesy

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Movies Music and Entertainment Opinion

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ brings movie theaters back despite weak plot

January 10, 2021January 25, 2021 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ brought a resurgence to movie theaters. It stars Gal Gadot as the title character, along with Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal and Chris Pine. Courtesy of

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Social media and protests are some of the main way Social media and protests are some of the main ways that people get involved in activism today. 

However, not everyone does this with selfless intention. 

Performative activism is when one involves themself with a social movement in a way that benefits them but not the movement they claim to support. 

“When it’s performative, it can come off a lot more like self-serving, or it can come off a lot more like you’re just here for the flashiness, but there’s no real work happening after,” said Harrison Lundy, the public policy director for Voices of Florida and a volunteer for 5051 Florida.  

It’s like putting on a mask, Elise Prophete, junior political science and sustainability major and Governor of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg’s student government, told The Crow’s Nest. 

When engaging in performative activism “we’re not allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and be at risk for the things we care about,” Prophete said. “We’re not allowing ourselves to truly care about them.” 
Performative activism has the effect of boosting one’s own social credit while devaluing a social movement.

✍️Story by Julia Birdsall
The poet laureate usually holds their position for The poet laureate usually holds their position for the mayor’s term and Johnson-Greene will join a distinguished body of poets who previously held the role, including Peter Meinke, Helen Wallace, and more recently, Gloria Muñoz.  

His reaction was one of surprise and astonishment.  

“I think I began to babble something like Courage the Cowardly dog,” Johnson-Green told The Crow’s Nest.  

Johnson-Green’s experience with poetry began about eight years ago, but he still considers himself new to it. He stayed away from the art form for a long time because of the sad connotations it carried.  

This changed when he attended a poetry open mic at Studio@620, a local visual and performing arts venue in downtown St. Petersburg.  

“The walls were a passionate red, the seating was cool and raised up like a theatre, and the poets were everyday people; the oldest around sixty-three and the youngest was about seven,” said Johnson-Green.  

✍️Story by Julia Ferrara
February was a month full of fun festivities. Here February was a month full of fun festivities. Here’s a look back at all the great events that happened on and off campus.

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The Nascar Craftsman Truck Series came to the stre The Nascar Craftsman Truck Series came to the streets of St. Petersburg for the first time this weekend and the on-track action did not disappoint. 

Layne Riggs started the race 28th after rain cancelled the practice and qualifying sessions that were scheduled for Friday afternoon. At the end of the first 20-lap stage, he already gained 21 positions and was 7th at the beginning of the second 20-lap stage. At the end, he was first. 

However, it was a three-way battle between Riggs, Ty Majeski, and Ben Rhodes in the closing laps of the race. Riggs wasn’t sure that he’d have enough fuel to even finish the race, let alone defend against Ty Majeski who finished in second. 

Riggs held on and captured his first win of the season. The Nascar Craftsman Trucks Series picks up again on March 20 for the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 in Darlington. 

📸 Photos by Makenna Wozniak and Irena Mesa | The Crow’s Nest.

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Dom and Irena stopped by the GP Party in the park Dom and Irena stopped by the GP Party in the park and asked some questions to the drivers! 

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Day 1 of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix brought pra Day 1 of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix brought practice and qualifying sessions to the downtown street course.

The Crow’s Nest will be covering the event all weekend. More coming soon.

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Hearing Depeche Mode’s “Black Celebration” i Hearing Depeche Mode’s “Black Celebration” in a crowded room was something pre-graphics arts sophomore Kea Shindel never thought she would experience.  

She was raised on goth and industrial music and partakes in the style. 

“It was crazy hearing that with a room full of people that were all liking the same thing,” Schindle said. “Which I’ve never experienced before.” 

It’s an experience that many students from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg can recall — walking into The Castle for the first time and feeling like they belong.  

The Crow’s Nest decided to take students’ word for it.  

✍️ Story by Julia Birdsall
Basketball has been a recreational activity for Un Basketball has been a recreational activity for University of South Florida students at the St. Petersburg campus since 2006. Twenty years later, the courts are more often hosting pickleball.   

Over a hundred USF St. Petersburg students have played the recent phenomenon since the Pickleball Club began in 2024

Club meetings have provided students four extra hours a week to play, while basketball still shares the regular time of 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday with pickleball.   

A few students organized this semester to help USF St. Petersburg basketball reach overtime. Senior business analytics and information systems major and club president, Gabriel Lopez and his friends have considered creating the St. Petersburg Basketball Club since last April. 

We knew that USF [St. Petersburg] needed a basketball club, we wanted the courts a little later, and we want to start building a consistent community with basketball,” Lopez said. 

The club gives basketball its own four additional hours, scheduling meetings every Friday and Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

✍️Story by Dominic Feo
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